After CNN's Michael Smerconish reminded Dr. Sam Wang of his wager, the somewhat resigned-looking founder of the Princeton Election Consortium presented what he described as "a can of gourmet-style crickets, from the point of view of a pet."

But before he dug in, Dr. Wang, who already appeared to regret his decision, had a few words to say on warning against sensationalist media coverage of the new administration.

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"I think that the eating bug thing is in itself sensationalist and keeps us off of important policy issues, such as Supreme Court appointments," said Wang.

"There are things that can happen to bring the country together. I think the bug thing is not one of them. I wanted to point that out," he added.

But now, he conceded, it was time to eat humble pie. Or, in this particular instance, humble bug.

"Like John the Baptist in the wilderness, he ate locusts and honey. So I regard myself as being in the wilderness a little. After all, I was wrong," announced Wang, fork poised.

"A lot of people were wrong, but nobody else made the promise I did," he continued, before tentatively scooping up a cricket and popping it into his mouth.